Lylat Wiki:Welcome

Welcome to Lylat Wiki! We are an Independent Wiki

New Here? Well, then you are in luck: That's what this page is for! This is where you can learn everything you need to know to get familiar with the Wiki. Before We start, Please click one of the links bellow to bring you to the right section that has more information and links to go where you wish.

New To Wikis

Wikis are Web-based software that allows anyone to edit it's content (except where appropriate to do otherwise). Each time you are looking at the wiki, you are looking at a "page" within it. There are many types of Pages, but we will get to those later. First we cover modes you will be in when taking action.

Modes

Mainly, there are two modes you will need to become familiar with. They are called "View" and "Edit", and both deal with a process know as Wikifying texts.

View

In the View Mode, and using a special syntax, '''Text Entered with three quotes''' automatically turn out bold-faced when the page is viewed. In the center of every page, will be any content related to that page.

Edit

When you are in Edit Mode, all the content of the page appears before you; but does so dewikified. This is a place where you look at the special syntax to figure out what is going into the page in order to become the text you saw in View Mode. The exception to this is Templates, But More on that when we get to that type.

Types

Often, though not always, You will be able to tell what type of page one is by its namespace. This Appears before the Title of the Page (which is at the Top of the Browser), and In the Address bar, and is separated From the Rest of the Title by a Colon :. The Pages Break Down as follows:

Main Types

Articles

Articles have no Namespace. They are the Main Content of the Wiki, and here, they are mostly about Star Fox.

User Page

A page for each user to express whatever they choose (within reason)

Lylat Wiki

Pages that Deal with Wiki Management, Policies, Projects, the Community of thew Wiki, etc. For more, please see #New_To_Lylat_Wiki.

Files

All the Files that have been uploaded to the Wiki.

MediaWiki

Messages the MediaWiki Software gives you, where this is a site notice or a copyright warning, it all depends on the situation.

Template

Templates are pages that get plugged into, or "transcluded", into other pages; even other templates. When in another page, they are used through paranthesis like: {{ and }}.

Help Pages

Help Pages are designed to Help out New Wiki Users, such as yourself.

Category

Categories are Pages that group together other pages, including other categories.

Discussions

Each of the Above Types Have a Related Discussion Page. Think something is wrong with the page, but not sure what to do about it? then take it to the discussion page

Discussion pages are good for the following situations:

1. An Error on the page too big for a simple edit to do, such as a spelling or grammar error.
2. Giving Information about The page, but it is information doesn't belong in the content of the Page.
3. Recommending a new title for a Page.
4. Clarifying a tag that was put on the Main Page, and any related talking points.

=== Other

Actions

Each page has action buttons somewhere on the edges of the screen, where you will see the following text. Click on it to enact the related action.

edit / create / view source

Switch to edit mode, where you can submit new content, edit old content or view the pages de-wikified source.

History

View how the wiki has changed over time. Compare any version of the page to any other version of the page, including the current one.

Move

Change the Title of Page to Something More suitable. Please Discuss first Before Doing So.

In addion, you may do these page-related actions:

Watch

Add Page to your watch list, so you know when it has been updated.

New To MediaWiki Wikis

If you are familiar with Wiki's, Just not with Media Wiki, then May we recommend you check out Help:Contents, to become familiar with the Syntax.